Medical-surgical nursing : assessment and management of clinical problems / Sharon Mantik Lewis, Margaret McLean Heitkemper, Shannon Ruff Dirksen ; section editors, Patricia Graber O'Brien, Jean Foret Giddens, Linda Bucher.

Previous ed.: 2000.

CD-ROM in front pocket.

Text on lining papers.

Disc label title: Student CD-ROM for Medical-surgical nursing / prepared by Patricia O\'Brien.

CD-ROM in pocket attached to page before title page.

Also issued in 2 vols.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION ONE: CONCEPTS IN NURSING PRACTICE:- 1. Critical thinking in the nursing process--2. Culturally competent care--3. Health history and physical examination--4. Patient and family teaching--5. Older adults--6. Community-based nursing and home care--7. Complementary and alternative therapies--8. Stress--9. Pain--10. End-of-Life care--11. Addictive behaviors--SECTION TWO: PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS OF DISEASE:- 12. Inflamation, infection, and healing--13. Genetics and altered immune responses--14. Human immunodeficiency virus infection--15. Cancer--16. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-base imbalances--SECTION THREE: PERIOPERATIVE CARE:- 17. Nursing management: Preoperative care--18. Nursing management: Intraoperative care--19. Nursing management: Postoperative care--SECTION FOUR: PROBLEMS RELATED TO ALTERED SENSORY INPUT:- 20. Nursing Assessment: Visual and auditory systems--21. Nursing management: Visual and auditory problems--22. Nursing assessment: Integumentary system--23. Nursing management: integumentary problems--24. Nursing management: Burns--SECTION FIVE: PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: VENTILATION:- 25. Nursing assessment: Respiratory system--26. Nursing management: Upper respiratory problems--27. Nursing management: Lower respiratory problems--28. Nursing management: Obstructive pulmonary diseases--SECTION SIX: PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: TRANSPORT:- 29. Nursing assessment: Hematologic system--30. Nursing management: hematologic problems--SECTION SEVEN: PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: PERFUSION:- 31. Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular system--32. Nursing management: Hypertension--33. Nursing management: Coronary Artery disease and acute coronary syndrome--34. Nursing management: Heart failure and cardiomyopathy--35. Nurse management: Arrhythmias--36. Nursing management: Inflammatory and valvular heart diseases--37. Nursing management: Vascular disorders--SECTION EIGHT: PROBLEMS OF INGESTION, DIGESTION, ABSORPTION, AND ELIMINATION:- 38. Nursing assessment: Gastrointestinal system--39. Nursing management: Nutritional problems--40. Nursing management: Upper gastrointestinal problems--41. Nursing management: Lower Gastrointestinal problems--42. Nursing management: Liver, biliary, and pancreas problems--SECTION NINE: PROBLEMS OF URINARY FUNCTION:-43. Nursing assessment: Urinary system--44. Nursing management: Renal and urologic problems--45. Nursing management: Acute renal failure and chronic kidney disease--SECTION TEN: PROBLEMS RELATED TO REGULATORY MECHANISMS:-46. Nursing assessment: Endocrine system--47. Nursing management: Diabetes mellitus--48. Nursing management: Endocrine problems--49. Nursing assessment: Reproductive system--50. Nursing management: Breast disorders--51. Nursing management: Sexually transmitted diseases--52. Nursing management: Female reproductive problems--53. Nursing management: Male reproductive problems--SECTION ELEVEN: PROBLEMS RELATED TO MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION:- 54. Nursing assessment: Nervous system--55. Nursing Management: Acute intracranial problems--56. Nursing management: Stroke--57. Nursing management: Chronic neurologic problems--58. Nursing management: Alzheimer\'s disease and dementia--Nursing management: Peripheral nerve and spinal cord problems--60. Nursing assessment: Musculoskeletal system--61. Nursing management: Musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedic surgery--62. Nursing management: Musculoskeletal problems--63. Nursing management: Arthritis and connective tissue diseases--SECTION TWELVE: NURSING CARE IN SPECIALIZED SETTINGS:-64. Nursing management: Critical care--65. Nursing management: Shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome--66. Nursing Management: Respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome--67. Nursing Management: Emergency care situations.

'Medical-Surgical Nursing' presents a thorough overview of the concepts that frame medical-surgical nursing, including nursing process, nursing assessment, adult development, collaborative care, patient teaching and critical thinking.

System requirements: IBM compatible PC; Pentium processor (Pentium II or later recommended); 64MB RAM; Windows 98 or later, Windows NT 4.0 or later; IE 5.0 or later, Netscape 4.7 or later.